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Word Eaters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maraschi, Andrea.
- Series:
- Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; v.6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Ritualism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : BRILL, 2026.
- Summary:
- Syrups made from sacred words dissolved in water, cups with inscribed letters, and mysterious symbols traced on food--graphophagy, the ingestion of words, was real and widespread, yet scarcely studied within the medieval European context.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction: Hungry for Words
- Chapter 1 Words from Late Antiquity
- Chapter 2 Ireland and Britain: the Normalisation of Graphophagy
- Chapter 3 The Merovingian, Carolingian, and Post-Carolingian World: Lost for Words?
- Chapter 4 Runes and the Power of Words in Scandinavia
- Chapter 5 Mediterranean Paths
- Conclusive Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Places
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Maraschi, Andrea Word Eaters: Graphophagy in the Early and High Middle Ages
- ISBN:
- 9789004765528
- OCLC:
- 1600525772
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